Uncle arrested for raping a 16-year-old orphaned housemaid

Afrobest Chinedu Eze, a trader at the Alaba International Market, Ojo, Lagos, was arrested on Wednesday, after several efforts by the police to track him down.

Punchng initially reported how the victim, Blessing, was brought to the home of the Ezes to work as a housemaid about three months ago.
She was said to have lost her parents and had been living without care in the village, before a relation brought her to Lagos.
She accused Eze, whom she refers to as ‘uncle’ of forcing himself on her at three separate times when his wife was not around. According to her, when Mrs. Eze came back from her travels, she summoned her.
Blessing revealed that the woman accused her of seducing her husband while she was away and she tortured her as a result.